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sweet cider

British  

noun

  1. cider having a high sugar content

  2. unfermented apple juice Compare hard cider

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Laird & Co. survived by making applesauce and sweet cider.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The company survived Prohibition by making applesauce and sweet cider, and later adapted to make hand sanitizer during Covid-19.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

A favourite drink is a pint of sweet cider.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

SAT Hard and sweet cider tasting, apple-pressing demos, Vashon Fire and Rescue open house, evening Barn Dance, 10 a.m.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2012

He would hang his gun on the wall over the door, throw off his fur cap and coat and mittens, and call: “Where’s my little half-pint of sweet cider half drunk up?”

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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